Polytechnic of Wales

University of Glamorgan

Welsh: Prifysgol Morgannwg
University of Glamorgan coat of arms
Former names	Glamorgan Technical College (1949-1958), Glamorgan College of Technology (1958-1970), Glamorgan Polytechnic (1970-1975), Glamorgan College of Education, Polytechnic of Wales (1975-1992)
Motto	Success Through Endeavour
Type	Public
Active	1913 (1913)–2013 (2013)
Chancellor	John Morris
Vice-Chancellor	Julie Lydon
Students	21,496
Undergraduates	18,240
Postgraduates	3,256
Location	Trefforest, Wales, UK
Website	http://www.glam.ac.uk

Coordinates: 51°35′21″N 3°19′38″W / 51.58917°N 3.32722°W / 51.58917; -3.32722

The University of Glamorgan (Welsh: Prifysgol Morgannwg) was a university based in South Wales prior to the merger with University of Wales, Newport, that formed the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university was based in Pontypridd, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with campuses in Trefforest, Glyntaff, Merthyr Tydfil, Tyn y Wern (The Glamorgan Sport Park) and Cardiff. The university had four faculties, and was the only university in Wales which had no link with the University of Wales.

In July 2012 the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport, announced that they had begun talks aimed at integrating the two institutions.

The University of Glamorgan was founded in 1913 as the South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines, a School of Mines based in Trefforest, Pontypridd, serving the large coal mining industry in the South Wales Valleys. The school was owned and funded by the major Welsh coal owners, through a levy of one tenth of a penny on each ton of coal produced by the companies involved. At the outset, the school had 17 mining diploma students, including three from China. The school was taken over by Glamorgan County Council during the Depression, and became Glamorgan Technical College in 1949, reflecting its expanding portfolio, and the Glamorgan College of Technology in 1958. By this time, the institution had expanded to offer a range of full-time, sandwich and part-time courses in science, technology and commerce, to which it added the first ever "Welsh for Adults" course in 1967. In 1970, the college became a polytechnic. Glamorgan Polytechnic merged with the Glamorgan College of Education in Barry and was re-designated as the Polytechnic of Wales in 1975, before being awarded university status as the University of Glamorgan in 1992.